Attachment for footwear



' Jamas, 1937. R FERGUSON 2,068,946

ATTACHMENT FOR FOOTWEAF.

Filed Aug. 28, 1955 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 26, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to attachments for foot wear, and'has for anobject to provide a cap which may be detachably mounted on the shoe andcover the toe of the shoe and also the vamp of the shoe to give -anovelty effect to the shoe.

A further object is to provide a cap which will be iiexible so as to hugthe shoe snugly when applied and will take up very little room whendetached so as to be conveniently carried in a handbag, brief case,pocket oi the automobile or otherwise.

A further object is to provide a one piece cap including a toe portionand Wings forming a vamp portion, both portions having snap fastenersclisposed around the marginal edges for attaching the cap to a shoe.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that variousmodiiications may be resorted to Within the scope of the appended claimwithout departing from the 'spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention. l

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe equipped with a cap constructedin accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view through the shoe and cap.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, Ill designates a shoe, andin carrying out the invention the shoe is preferably equipped with studsII extending around thetip I2 and the vamp I3 of the shoe contiguous tothe welt Il of the shoe, one of the studs being disposed at the top ofthe vamp contiguous to the lowermost eyelets I5 in which the shoe laceIE is laced.

The cap Il is preferably formed of a single U-shaped blank of thinleather, although other material may be used, and comprises a toeportion I8 adapted to conform to the contour of the tip I2 of the shoe,and a vamp portion I9 having rearwardly extending wings 20 adapted toconform to the contour of the entire vamp of the shoe and extend nearlyto the counter 2| of the shoe. The tip is provided around the entiremarginal edgewith sockets 22 ad-apted to snap over the studs II, one ofthe sockets being disposed to engage the stud I I below the lacingeyelets I5.

The cap I1 may be colored in any desired shade, or the vamp portion 20may be colored one shade to the toe portion, and the latter colored adifferent shade, so that a two tone effect is presented on oppositesides of the tip deiining line 23 on the c-ap. Shoes, slippers, or otherfoot wear having an upper of one color and a vamp of another color maythus be converted through the use of these caps into foot wear of anovelty or sport type. Also these caps may be used in emergency forcovering up a soiled surface of the shoe should the shoe itself becomesoiled in use.

From the above description it is thought that the construction andoperation of the invention will be fully understood without furtherexplanation.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a laced shoe, of studs extending all the Way aroundthe toe and the vamp of the shoe at the welt, a stud disposed on thevamp contiguous to the lowermost lacing eyelets of the shoe, a U-sh-apedblank of flexible material of different color than the shoe comprising atoe portion adapted to conform to the contour of the toe of the shoe. avamp portion, rearwardly extending wings on the vamp portion, said vampportion and wings being vadapted to conform to the contour of the entirevamp of the shoe and to extend to about the front edge of the heelcounter of the shoe, sockets on the lower marginal edge of the toe andon the entire lower marginal edge of the vamp and wings of said blankadapted to snap over the studs of the shoe at the welt, and a socket onthe upper marginal edge of the vamp of the blank adapted to engage saidstud located below saidlacing eyelets.

i ROBT. FERGUSON.

